Using Virtual Reality to Improve Job Reentry in Adults With TBI

NCT ID: NCT04820634

Last Updated: 2024-03-20

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: RECRUITING
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 60 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2019-12-12
• Study Completion Date: 2024-07-28

Brief Summary

The purpose of this research is to investigate the effectiveness of virtual reality (VR) to improve job reentry skills in individuals with TBI.

Detailed Description

The current study will examine a virtual reality (VR) intervention entitled "Virtual Reality Job Interview Training (VR-JIT)" which targets social competency skills needed for successful job interviewing, and its efficacy when applied to individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Preliminary evidence suggests that the VR-JIT is successful in individuals with autism spectrum disorder and schizophrenia in improving interview abilities. However, the efficacy of VR-JIT has not been evaluated in TBI populations.

Conditions

Traumatic Brain Injury

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: DOUBLE

Study Groups

VR-JIT

In this arm, participants would participate in simulated interviews utilizing a software program and virtual interviewer, once a week for 90 minutes.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Virtual Reality Job Interview Training

Intervention Type: OTHER

The treatment group (TX) will complete 7 sessions of VR-JIT (1 sessions per week for 7 weeks), designed to teach the skills \& concepts of job interviews. Sessions are approximately 90 minutes long.

Wonderworks

In this arm, participants would participate in a similar intervention, also once a week for 90 minutes. However, in this arm, the intervention would be in a virtual office environment completing office tasks.

Group Type: PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Wonderworks

Intervention Type: OTHER

The control group (CT) will complete 7 sessions of Wonderworks (1 session per week for 7 weeks) using skills in an office environment.

Interventions

Virtual Reality Job Interview Training

The treatment group (TX) will complete 7 sessions of VR-JIT (1 sessions per week for 7 weeks), designed to teach the skills \& concepts of job interviews. Sessions are approximately 90 minutes long.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Wonderworks

The control group (CT) will complete 7 sessions of Wonderworks (1 session per week for 7 weeks) using skills in an office environment.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• I am between the ages of 18 and 65.
• I have a diagnosis with moderate to severe TBI.
• I am at least one year post injury.
• I am able to speak and read English fluently.

Exclusion Criteria

• I have a history of multiple sclerosis, stroke, seizures or another neurological injury or disease in the past (like brain tumor or epilepsy).
• I have a history of significant psychiatric illness (like bipolar disorder, schizophrenia or psychosis).
• I am currently taking steroids and/or benzodiazepines as determined by study staff review of my medications.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 65 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Kessler Foundation

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

John DeLuca, Ph.D.

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Lab Director

Locations

Kessler Foundation

East Hanover, New Jersey, United States

Site Status: RECRUITING

Countries

United States

Central Contacts

Helen Genova, Ph.D.

Role: CONTACT

hgenova@kesslerfoundation.org

973-324-8390

Facility Contacts

Nancy Moore, MA

Role: primary

nmoore@kesslerfoundation.org

973-323-8450

Katarina Reduzzi, BA

Role: backup

kreduzzi@kesslerfoundation.org

Other Identifiers

R-1090-19

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id